SOCI 2660 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: French Revolution, Noumenon, A Priori And A Posteriori
3 Apr 2016
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An enlightenment thinker= interested in/ argues that humans have reason, and they can use that to improve themselves and their society. *argues that the establishment of society and government does not secure freedom and security for individuals, but they undermine it. *modern society= man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Problem= society is the cause of man"s corruption (in a state of innocence and led down the wrong path) *thought experiment= argues that at one point there was something called the state of nature", trying to explain what must have happened in the past to lead to his current situation (society and government is corrupted) state of nature. = humans have an animal-like innocence and happiness. Humans have a natural capacity for compassions (piti ) Piti = the natural capacity to feel and be concerned about the suffering of other living things. *moved by the scene of a dying animal.
